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Aug 17, 2018 · The biggest success for “A Whale of a Tale” is in how it corrects the biggest flaw of “The Cove,” which came from an inclination we all have: to cast real-life people as one-dimensional heroes and villains, good and evil.
A Whale of a Tale: Directed by Megumi Sasaki. With Jay Alabaster, Atsushi Nakahira, Rick Oliver, Atsuko Sakuma. The camera delves into the lives of local whalers, global activists and an American journalist in the "whale and dolphin killing town" of Taiji, Japan, revealing not everything is as black and white as it seems.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, from a screenplay by Earl Felton. Adapted from Jules Verne 's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, the film was produced by Walt Disney Productions. It stars Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre.
Jul 14, 2018 · In 2010, Taiji, a sleepy fishing town in Japan, suddenly found itself in the worldwide media spotlight. The Cove, a documentary denouncing the town’s longstanding whale and dolphin hunting...
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Aug 16, 2018 · Presented as a counterweight to “The Cove” — Louie Psihoyos’s Oscar-winning 2009 documentary about dolphin capture and slaughter in Taiji, Japan — Megumi Sasaki’s “A Whale of a Tale ...
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Oct 27, 2019 Full Review Phil Guie Film-Forward.com Though a bit talky at times, A Whale of a Tale proves a compelling and ultimately humane portrait of a people who, ironically, had...
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Aug 17, 2018 · Can a proud 400-year-old whaling tradition survive a tsunami of modern animal-rights activism and colliding forces of globalism vs. localism? A Whale of a Tale reveals the complex story behind the ongoing debate.
